"The thing is I get why he's annoyed," Oliver said. "And there is
no clearer piece of evidence that our system is broken, no more
thoroughly dead canary in the coal mine, than when Donald Trump
is actually making sense. Because when you see results like that,
the system feels counterintuitive."

The delegate system, as the host explained, was created in
order to make sure that the party could balance out the
popular vote in the case that leaders don't agree with its
result. But each state is basically in charge of the way
it handles its primaries or caucuses, which leads to a lot
of differences in the system and more confusion around the
choosing of delegates.

"That in itself is a huge problem," Oliver said of the
inconsistency and confusion baked into the system. "Any
competition should have clear rules. You don't get to the end of
a football game and say, 'Okay, who found the most eggs?' Wait,
what? That's what we were supposed to be doing? Why didn't anyone
tell us that at the start? I only have five eggs."

The problem is, as Oliver pointed out, candidates and the voters
can complain about the system during an election, but when
the candidates are chosen, the conversation trails off. So Oliver
suggested we all set a date to write the party leaders about
reforming the system.

"I propose February 2," Oliver said. "Now that will be easy to
remember, because it's Groundhog Day, which does seem
appropriate. Because unless this process is fixed, we are all
destined to live through the same nightmare scenario over and
over again until the end of f---ing time."